Shiota's CANARY scoops Best Feature at Raindance

J.sharp j.sharp
Fri Oct 14 07:28:32 EDT 2005


Shiota's CANARY was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Feature at thie years
Raindance Film Festival
(www.raindancefilmfestival.org/festival/)

I am particularly happy because I programmed this film. Lets hope some
enterprising UK distributor picks this up. For some reason this excellent
film which premiered at Tokyo FILMeX last year seems to have been rather
overlooked internationally.

Midnight Eye review: http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/canary.shtml

Variety: CANARY SINGS AT RAINDANCE
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=filmfest2005&content=jump&jump=story&head=news&articleid=VR1117930513

Screen Daily:
Wendy Mitchell in London10 October 2005
?The 13th annual Raindance Film Festival wrapped in London on Sunday with
Akihiko Shiota?s Canary from Japan taking the top competition prize. The
film is about a 12-year-old boy who is raised by a cult. Lou Ma Ho?s A
Monk?s Awakening from Francewon the short film competition.

UK prizes went to Julian Gilbey?s hip-hop drama Rollin? With The Nines and
Martin McDonagh?s short Six Shooter. The prize for debut film went to
Jonathan Spirk?s The Gingerbread Man (US) and the documentary prize was
awarded to Don Letts? Punk: Attitude (UK).

In other shorts awards, the Diesel prize went to Kosai Sekine?s Right Place
from Japan, the Tiscali award was given to Rob Heppell?s Cricker Crack from
the UK, and The Big Issue award was presented to Justin Edgar?s The Ends
(UK).

This year?s jury members included actors Natalie Press and Tony Kebbell,
musician Tommy Ramone, actor/director Richard Jobson, producers Mia Pays and
Peter Carlton, and Total Film editor Matt Mueller.

During the 12-day event, Raindance screened more than 80 features and 130
shorts. Festival organisers noted that several acquisition deals for UK
distribution are likely to emerge films screened during Raindance. The
closing-night film was Jonathan Jakubowicz?s Venezuelan thriller Secuestro
Express.


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